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I'm going out, and I may be some time (EP)

by ghostgirl

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warming up (to conversation) 00:34
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metaphor 03:57
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never need me from the start 'cause the Devil took my heart I could swim the space between all the things you said we'd mean I never wanted to be brave all the things I couldn't save I just made up anyway like when you said that you would stay (Oooooh) I'm not leaving your shadow of regret I'm not leaving - yet I'm just a metaphor Is that what love is for? Is that what love is for? I'm not leaving... I'm not leaving - yet... is that what love is for? (I'm not leaving) is that what love is for? (I'm not leaving) is that what love is for?
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yet, again 03:05
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so don't love me yet so don't love me yet for you I'll be a featherless wing for you I'll be - anything so don't love me yet so don't love me yet so don't love me yet so don't love me yet [instrumental]
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little lost (preludium) 01:24
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wither and grow 03:25
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I gave you all I had till the sun itself turned bad and fell like fruit upon the vine I'll burn my days to make your time and I'm sorry for the book and I'm sorry for the look I gave, but didn't say goodbye my love I didn't even try I'll burn my days to make your nights I'll burn my days to make your nights there's a part I will not show battled blow by blow will I wither, will I grow will I wither, will I grow? yeah, my love we're scared to death not by all that we regret but for every life we've not lived yet for every life we've not lived yet so I'll write an end to you it's the least that I can do to finally sing that song for you to finally sing that song for you there's a part I will not show battled blow by blow will I wither, will I grow will I wither, will I grow? there's a part I will not show there's a part I will not show will it wither, will it grow will it wither, will it grow will it wither, will it grow will it wither, will it

about

'I'm going out and I may be some time' is the debut EP by Kay Rowan, under the moniker of 'ghostgirl', and recorded on one microphone, balanced on a desk in a bedroom, in between the sounds of intimate neighbours, dog barking and police cars.

“I am just going outside and may be some time” are the 'reported' last words of Antarctic explorer Captain Lawrence Edward Grace "Titus" Oates (1880–1912), which he apparently uttered prior to walking into a blizzard and certain death in a bid to save the lives of his fellow explorers.

In her words: 'The only through-line in the EP wasn't lyrical or stylistic: it was the desire for it to be a postcard - a "wish you were here!" to my past self, who had to walk out into the snow in the hope of fighting for my continued existence, so they could see what they still had to look forward to. The music is messy because the life I was recording in at the time was messy, but the music has hope, because I wanted to celebrate that I finally found it. If you're singing a sad song, it's happy because you lived long enough to sing it.'

credits

released September 3, 2023

To my friends and family, to whom I owe my notes, and who provide the harmony that makes sense of my life.

Special thank you to the top tier patreon subscribers for helping support me making more music: ennieviscious

If you are interested in supporting and getting a tonne of additional content, check out my Patreon page to find out more:https://www.patreon.com/kayrowanghostgirl

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ghostgirl London, UK

“ghostly vocals and hints of strings (…) ghostgirl consistently crafts a gorgeous, personal sound…” (…) “the EP is a musical gift, providing an ethereal and enlightened sonic journey”

Having performed at Cambridge Folk Festival, Nest Collective Festival and opened for Lewis Barfoot, and which saw the release of her debut EP, 2023 has been a prolific year for ghostgirl- aka. Kay Rowan ... more

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